Chapter summary Old Major dies three days later and the animals set out to prepare for the rebellion. Without any planning, the rebellion happens on Midsummer’s day, just before harvest, Farmer Jones gets hopelessly drunk the night before, and neglects to milk the cows or feed the animals all day. One of the cows breaks down a door to the store-shed, and several of the animals begin to help themselves from the bins. Jones and his four men begin whipping the animals out of the store-shed and all of the sudden the animals start attacking the humans spontaneously and furiously. They shocked men react by running down the laneway and fleeing the farm. The farm now belongs to the animals. Snowball and Napoleon now call the animals together, and surprise them by announcing that they have spent the last few months learning to write and then wrote the seven animal commandments on the big barn.
Character Parallels
Snowball - Leon Trotsky Snowball is very similar to napoleon. both wanted a leadership position in the new economic and political system, in this case snowball and nepoleon wanted control over animal farm since old major passed away. As time went on they realized that one would have to step down. In the book Orwell narrates. "Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted to oppose it." Trotsky too, was exiled, not from the farm, but to Mexico, where he spoke out against Stalin. stalin then tried to kill trotsky in fear of losing leadership.
Napoleon - Joseph Stalin Napoleon is selfish, he wants to have control and gain power. Same as stalin who also wanted power over everyone else. The name Napoleon is very coincidental since Napoleon was the dictator of France. Napoleon seems as first to be a good leader, eventually he is overcome by greed and soon becomes power-hungry. Of course Stalin did too in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving himself all the power and living in luxury while the common peasant suffered.
Moses - The Tame Raven (Organized religion, Russian orthodox church) Moses was Mr.Jones especial pet. Moses was a spy and a talebearer. Moses claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain (heaven), where all animals went when they died. Moses said "it was sunday every week." The pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place. The other animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work on the farm.
Boxer - Carthorse (Boxer Rebellion in China)
Boxer is cleverly used by Orwell as a metaphor for the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century. It was this rebellion which signaled the beginning of communism in red China. Boxer and Clover are used to represent the unskilled labor class in Russian society. This lower class is naturally drawn to Stalin (Napoleon) because it looked as though they will benefit most from his new system. Also the lowest class has the lowest intelligence, it is not difficult to persuade them into thinking they are getting a good deal. "Their most faithful disciples were the two carthorses, Boxer and Clover. Those two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments."
Squealer- Pravda (Russian newspaper: “Truth”) This newspaper was published in Moscow and distributed nationwide. It was the official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 199. Squealer is first described as a manipulator and pursuader.Propaganda was a key, since their was no television or radio, the newspaper was the primary source of media information. So the monopoly of the Pravda was seized by Stalin. In the book Orwell says "He could turn black into white."
Quotes
“If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?” The animals are contemplating on whether to put forth the effort to rebel against the humans. This relates to real life because Russia was unsure about fighting again the King and Queen. The animals were contemplating about rebelling because it was already happening so putting work trying to change the humans would be a waste. “At last they could stand it no longer. One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins” Mr. Jones was not worried about the animals and feeding them he was more concerned that he was drunk and needed to sleep. The animals knew he was home and noticed that he did not care to feed them when they needed to be. “The situation was quite out of their control. They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits.” Then men were surprised that the animals were taking control and fighting back from being whipped and them lashing out at the animals. This relates to the Russia history such as the peasants taking a stand and fighting back at the King. “And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor farm was theirs.” They were now aware that they had full control of the farm because the rebellion had taken place itself. Mr. Jones was gone and the farm was now theirs, to be protected and to have every being treated equally. In Russia they peasants in the castle had finally taken a stand and took the family in a room and shot them each. After that they were to carry on to help others to be treated equally as they should.
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Chapter summary
Old Major dies three days later and the animals set out to prepare for the rebellion. Without any planning, the rebellion happens on Midsummer’s day, just before harvest, Farmer Jones gets hopelessly drunk the night before, and neglects to milk the cows or feed the animals all day. One of the cows breaks down a door to the store-shed, and several of the animals begin to help themselves from the bins. Jones and his four men begin whipping the animals out of the store-shed and all of the sudden the animals start attacking the humans spontaneously and furiously. They shocked men react by running down the laneway and fleeing the farm. The farm now belongs to the animals. Snowball and Napoleon now call the animals together, and surprise them by announcing that they have spent the last few months learning to write and then wrote the seven animal commandments on the big barn.
Character Parallels
Snowball - Leon Trotsky
Snowball is very similar to napoleon. both wanted a leadership position in the new economic and political system, in this case snowball and nepoleon wanted control over animal farm since old major passed away. As time went on they realized that one would have to step down. In the book Orwell narrates. "Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted to oppose it." Trotsky too, was exiled, not from the farm, but to Mexico, where he spoke out against Stalin. stalin then tried to kill trotsky in fear of losing leadership.
Napoleon - Joseph Stalin
Napoleon is selfish, he wants to have control and gain power. Same as stalin who also wanted power over everyone else. The name Napoleon is very coincidental since Napoleon was the dictator of France. Napoleon seems as first to be a good leader, eventually he is overcome by greed and soon becomes power-hungry. Of course Stalin did too in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving himself all the power and living in luxury while the common peasant suffered.
Moses - The Tame Raven (Organized religion, Russian orthodox church)
Moses was Mr. Jones especial pet. Moses was a spy and a talebearer. Moses claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain (heaven), where all animals went when they died. Moses said "it was sunday every week." The pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place. The other animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work on the farm.
Boxer - Carthorse (Boxer Rebellion in China)
Boxer is cleverly used by Orwell as a metaphor for the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century. It was this rebellion which signaled the beginning of communism in red China. Boxer and Clover are used to represent the unskilled labor class in Russian society. This lower class is naturally drawn to Stalin (Napoleon) because it looked as though they will benefit most from his new system. Also the lowest class has the lowest intelligence, it is not difficult to persuade them into thinking they are getting a good deal. "Their most faithful disciples were the two carthorses, Boxer and Clover. Those two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments."
Squealer- Pravda (Russian newspaper: “Truth”)
This newspaper was published in Moscow and distributed nationwide. It was the official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 199. Squealer is first described as a manipulator and pursuader.Propaganda was a key, since their was no television or radio, the newspaper was the primary source of media information. So the monopoly of the Pravda was seized by Stalin. In the book Orwell says "He could turn black into white."
Quotes
“If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?”
The animals are contemplating on whether to put forth the effort to rebel against the humans. This relates to real life because Russia was unsure about fighting again the King and Queen. The animals were contemplating about rebelling because it was already happening so putting work trying to change the humans would be a waste.
“At last they could stand it no longer. One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins”
Mr. Jones was not worried about the animals and feeding them he was more concerned that he was drunk and needed to sleep. The animals knew he was home and noticed that he did not care to feed them when they needed to be.
“The situation was quite out of their control. They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits.”
Then men were surprised that the animals were taking control and fighting back from being whipped and them lashing out at the animals. This relates to the Russia history such as the peasants taking a stand and fighting back at the King.
“And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor farm was theirs.”
They were now aware that they had full control of the farm because the rebellion had taken place itself. Mr. Jones was gone and the farm was now theirs, to be protected and to have every being treated equally. In Russia they peasants in the castle had finally taken a stand and took the family in a room and shot them each. After that they were to carry on to help others to be treated equally as they should.
http://www.novelguide.com/animalfarm/characterprofiles.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/474092/Pravda
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/animalfarm/2/